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Halal London is a map of whole cuisines rather than a single high street. Visit London's own guide to iftar rounds up halal spots from Soho to Earls Court, from Levantine and Malaysian kitchens to a famous halal cart, and notes that there are hundreds of places to break the fast across the city.

At the quick end, Tikkas in Fitzrovia lists tikka bowls and wraps for under £10 and says it is fully halal and alcohol-free, and GUGSU on Whitechapel High Street lists rice boxes at around £8 and says all its food is halal. For an evening out, Penang City in Forest Gate and Samarkand in Stoke Newington both list mains in the £10 to £19 band on their own menus and are on the Halal Monitoring Committee's register. For a celebration, Mahdi in Hammersmith and Salloos in Knightsbridge list mains in the £20 to £34 band.

Persian cooking is a London strength too. Berenjak in Soho states on its own website that it serves halal meat at all its London restaurants, and Souk near Covent Garden says its food is 100% halal and HMC certified.

The London Central Mosque Trust and Islamic Cultural Centre publishes a prayer timetable and lists a restaurant and café and visits on its website. East London Mosque, in the London Muslim Centre on Whitechapel Road, posts the daily start and congregation times for each prayer.

Heathrow keeps a multi-faith prayer room in every terminal, open to everyone and listed with wudu facilities, so a long layover does not need planning around a prayer time.

Start in Whitechapel. Tower Hamlets has the highest share of Muslim residents of any local authority in England and Wales in the 2021 census, the London Muslim Centre houses Baraka Eatery, and Original Haji Nanna's Biryani on Whitechapel Road is on the Halal Monitoring Committee's register.

Edgware Road is the Levantine address, home to the first Al Arez, a Lebanese restaurant and café whose website carries a halal label in its main navigation. Brick Lane adds Babel Grill House, which describes itself as a Lebanese halal restaurant and lists charcoal-grilled mains between £18.95 and £29.95.

In the 2021 census 15.0% of people in London described themselves as Muslim, up from 12.6% in 2011, and the Mayor's free Eid in the Square festival in Trafalgar Square reached its 19th year in 2024.

Before you book, read the venue's own halal statement or look it up on the certifier's register, and check the opening hours that the restaurant publishes, as they differ from branch to branch. Under the Equality Act an employee can object to a workplace dress code that conflicts with their religion, which is why hijab and modest dress are common across London workplaces and venues.

The Mayor of London partners with the Ramadan Tent Project on Open Iftar in Trafalgar Square, free with a ticket, and the Mayor's Eid in the Square closes the month. Visit London's iftar guide says there are hundreds of places to break fast across the city.